Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)

Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in ... See full summary »

Director:

Bill Fishman

Writers:

Nat Hiken (television series), Erik Tarloff (story),

Stars:

David Johansen, John C. McGinley, Fran Drescher

Bottom 100 #59 | 1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Johansen	...	Officer Gunther Toody
John C. McGinley	...	Officer Francis Muldoon
Fran Drescher	...	Velma Velour
Nipsey Russell	...	Police Captain Dave Anderson
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Lucille Toody
Daniel Baldwin	...	Don Motti
Jeremy Piven	...	Herbert Hortz
Bobby C. Collins	...	Carlo
Louis Di Bianco	...	Nicco
Al Lewis	...	Leo Schnauzer
Barbara Hamilton	...	Mrs. Muldoon
Eliza Roberts	...	Boys in Blue Director (as Eliza Garrett)
Rik Colitti	...	Sergeant Abrams
Penn Jillette	...	Luther #1
Teller	...	Luther #2

Storyline

Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in Brooklyn, all the while dealing with their personal lives, overbearing spouses, common criminals, arms dealers, and their officious boss Captain Anderson.

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Plot Keywords:

based on tv series | law enforcer | nurse | sequel | police | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

54-es, jelentkezz!

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$10,700,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$1,238,080 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to a recent interview with John C. McGinley (AV Club's Random Roles- April 2013), the film was original shot as a musical with full musical numbers. After editing, only two musical numbers remained. McGinley was unsure of why specifically the numbers were cut or by whom, but McGinley mused that he found the film in its' present form an incoherent mess.

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Goofs

During the opening credits, when Toody and Schnauser are in the car reading, Toody steers left before hitting the dirt ramp, but the ramp is on the right side of the road.

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Quotes

Officer Gunther Toody: Tell Don Marty, Detroit Dan is here.

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Connections

Features The Munsters (1964)

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Soundtracks

"Mambo Luv"
Performed by David Johansen and Coati Mundi

User Reviews

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One of the worst, if not THE worst, big screen incarnations of a classic 60s TV show ever! This neutron bomb of a movie should have been a direct-to-video release, like the third and mercifully last "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" fiasco, but no: the producers gamely went ahead and released - the cynic would say that films like this aren't released, they escape - this horror theatrically, apparently hoping that moviegoers would ignore the pre-release buzz and flock to the theater. They didn't. In fact, the only thing that moviegoers did do was to avoid this film as if not only their lives but the lives of their children as well hung in the balance. This misbegotten twelve ton turkey has none of the originality or comic timing that highlighted the TV series. What it does have, besides Nipsy Russell, who spends most of the film looking like he's ready to ask the producers if he can buy his way out of the script, and formaldehyde-soaked Al Lewis, are lame jokes, forced accents, crummy acting, and Rosie O'Donnell, who's even more irritating and grating here than she was on television. Guess she didn't learn from that other brilliant career move "The Flintstones". It's almost as if the producers set out to make a lousy movie; in this they entirely succeeded. The film is virtually unwatchable, and to those of us who fondly remember the TV show, a crushing disappointment. Avoid this loser at all costs.